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<p>
    This package contains UUID (Universally Unique Identifier)
    generator implementations and supporting classes.
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<p>
    A UUID is 128-bits long and can provide an extremely high likelihood
    of uniqueness. For more information see the Internet Engineering Task
    Force <a href="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4122.txt">RFC 4122:
    A Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace</a>.
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<p>
    The version 1 uuid generator collaborates with various interfaces that
    allow for custom implementations in solving some challenges relating to:
    where and how to retrieve the node identifier (usually the MAC-address), how
    to persist generator data, and how to resolve uuid timestamps. Default
    implementations are provided in this package and sub-packages.
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